We call it “Beast Barracks” or just “Beast.” It’s the 60-day not-so-gentle orientation for West Point plebes. The rising seniors, or “firsties,” take wide-eyed teenagers through a time-tested process intentionally designed to break down the individual and remold us as a corps of leaders & officers.
The only way to survive Beast is to lean on your fellow plebes, drawing strength from one another. Unfortunately, that mindset is completely foreign to too many career politicians in Washington, whose selfishness has become the status quo.
So, if you’re looking to continue business as usual in DC, I’m not your guy.
But if you want to keep shaking things up, pushing back against entrenched elites, and delivering real results for the people we serve, I need you with me.
After one year in office, it’s clearer than ever how much influence Washington insiders and entrenched bureaucrats have over our government, media, and institutions. Core American values are under constant pressure, and we need leaders with the strength, the will, and the moral clarity to meet the challenges we face.
Attending West Point and serving in the Army turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. I’ve been blessed to live the American Dream, and I will not sit back and watch it slip away for our children.
This country gave me everything I have. I believe I still have something to give in return.
After my first year in the Senate, I am more convinced than ever that the only way we keep moving America forward is the same way we survived Beast: by leaning on one another and drawing strength together.
Thank you, Dave McCormick U.S. Army Veteran, West Point ’87 United States Senator for Pennsylvania
I'm Dave McCormick. I'm a West Point grad, combat veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne, a 7th-generation Pennsylvanian, and last November I defeated an entrenched career politician in the #1 swing state of the 2024 election.
I’ve seen firsthand what great leadership looks like. I’ve seen that even on our worst days, you have to put the needs of others first.
That’s why I made a promise to come to the Senate and work with fellow political outsiders like President Trump to shake up Washington, and I’m working to do that every single day.
Whether it’s securing the border, reducing crime in our cities, ending the fentanyl epidemic, or bringing down the cost of living–I’m committed to delivering concrete solutions to the biggest issues we face.
But in order to get the job done, it’s going to take all hands-on deck. I need every freedom-loving American to help me shake up Washington. I promise I won't let you down.
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